UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH
DEPOSIT LICENCE AGREEMENT FOR RESEARCH THESES
You (the Author) have previously deposited a printed copy of your thesis (the Work) in the University of Plymouth Library and wish to deposit an electronic copy of the Work in the University of Plymouth institutional repository (PEARL) and the British Library to be made available via its Electronic Theses Online Service (EThOS).
By accepting and submitting this license, you (the Author) grant the University of Plymouth the non-exclusive rights to reproduce, migrate (as defined below), and/or distribute your thesis/dissertation (the Work), including the abstract, worldwide in print and electronic format and in any medium.
NON-EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS
The Author retains all rights in the Work in its present version or future versions. You agree that the Institutional Repository administrators or their agents may, without changing content, digitise and migrate the Work to any medium or format for the purpose of future preservation and accessibility.
DEPOSIT IN THE UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORY (PEARL)
You understand that the Work deposited in the Institutional Repository (PEARL) will be accessible to individuals and institutions via the Internet and through the British Library Electronic Theses Online Service (EThOS) system subject to the terms and conditions granted below to the University of Plymouth and to the user of the thesis. You understand that, through the medium of the Internet, files will also be available to automated agents, and may be searched and copied by text mining and plagiarism detection software.
YOU DECLARE AS FOLLOWS:
That you are the Author and owner of the copyright in the Work and/or you have the authority of the author and owner of the copyright in the Work to make this agreement and grant the University of Plymouth a licence to make available the Work in digitised format through the Institutional Repository (PEARL) for the purposes of non-commercial research, private study, criticism, review and news reporting, illustration for teaching, and/or other educational purposes in electronic or print form
1. That if your thesis/dissertation does include any substantial subsidiary material owned by third-party copyright holders, you have sought and obtained permission to make it available to the public in digital format via a stand-alone device or a communications network and that this permission encompasses the rights that you have granted to the University of Plymouth.
2. That the digital version of the Work you are supplying is as approved by the examiners at the time of the award of your degree.
3. That you have exercised reasonable care to ensure that the Work is original, and does not to the best of your knowledge break any UK law, infringe any third party's copyright or other Intellectual Property Right, or contain any confidential material.
4. That, if the Work is based upon research that has been sponsored or supported by an agency or organisation other than the University of Plymouth, you represent that you have fulfilled any right of review or other obligations required by such contract or agreement.
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH DOES NOT HAVE ANY OBLIGATION TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION ON BEHALF OF YOURSELF, OR OTHER RIGHTS HOLDERS, IN THE EVENT OF INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, BREACH OF CONTRACT OR OF ANY OTHER RIGHT, IN THE WORK.
29th September 2010